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How to Make the Very Best Mashed Potatoes | Melissa Clark | Cooking 101 | NYT Cooking

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A fluffy mound of mashed potatoes may be a supporting actor at the dinner table, but it’s a beloved one. Dotted with butter, drizzled with gravy or used as a soft bed for stew, it makes everything around it taste better. And at Thanksgiving, it’s all but essential.

It’s also deceptively easy to get wrong.

Anyone who has ended up with a pasty, lumpy bowl understands that disappointment. The good news is that the fixes are simple. On this episode of Cooking 101, Melissa Clark teaches us how to make the very best mashed potatoes.

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